Startups
NOTS Solar to Invest $70M in PayGo Solar Home Systems Manufacturing in Rwanda
NOTS Solar Lamps, an Amsterdam-based impact enterprise has signed a deal with the Government of Rwanda to accelerate the provision...
Nigeria’s fintech firm Innovate 1 Pay launches in UAE to serve the expanding market segment
Nigeria's payment gateway Innovate 1 Pay has opened its Dubai office to serve the growing customer base to the region....
Founders Factory & FMCG giant Reckitt Benckiser to invest in global startups in the homecare & hygiene industry
RB and Founders Factory have launched Founders Factory Hygiene and Home, a JV to back global startups in the homecare...
AfriLabs partners African Union to train 1m African entrepreneurs by 2021
AfriLabs, a pan-African network of 158 technology and innovation centers in 45 African countries has partnered with the African Union...
JUMO appoints new Africa CEO to support its expansion into new markets
JUMO, a fintech platform helping firms to offer savings, lending and insurance products to entrepreneurs in emerging markets, has appointed...
Ex-British PM Tony Blair lauds Gearbox for stimulating Innovation
Ex-British PM, Mr. Tony Blair, in a speech during his recent visit to Nairobi, Kenya, lauded Kenya’s Gearbox for stimulating...
Nigeria’s Rubi Health & Ghana’s Developers in Vogue selected into Vodafone Institute’s F-LANE accelerator
Nigeria's Rubi Health & Ghana's Developers in Vogue have been selected into Vodafone Institute's F-LANE accelerator beating 280 start-ups from...
AIIM raises $320m to invest in power, transport & energy ventures in Africa
African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), an infrastructure-focused private equity fund manager, has raised $320 million from investors from Africa, Europe...
Next Einstein Forum announces new cohort of 25 Fellows
The Next Einstein Forum (NEF) today announced its third Class of 25 scientists contributing to solve Africa's and the world's...
Solaris Offgrid receives a grant to facilitate interoperability of Paygo appliances
Solaris Offgrid has received an R&D Grant from Efficiency for Access, with funding from UK Aid to work on a...
Abuja’s iSabiDeliver is ramping up its vigor to expand across Nigeria
iSabiDeliver, an online on-demand delivery service based in Abuja and Ibadan is ramping up its operations to expand to more...
This Drone Startup by Ex-Mobius Motors Exec to Get $140K from Israel’s MassChallenge 2019
Cloudline, a South African drone startup founded by a former Mobius Motors executive has been named a winner alongside 9...
Babylon Health, operating as Babyl in Rwanda, raises a hefty $550m to disrupt traditional healthcare
Babylon, UK's digital healthcare startup which operates as Babyl in Rwanda has raised a $550 million investment at an over...
Morocco’s Impulse Accelerator Program to Give Top African Startups up to $250,000
Impulse, a startup accelerator developed by Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) in partnership with MassChallenge, has said it will inject...
Sendy partners local manufacturing body to grow its B2B segment |Triples staff in new growth strategy
Sendy, Kenya's forerunner logistics platform has recently partnered with the Kenya Association of Manufacturers and tripled its staff in a...
Ventures Platform Hub Founder & Executive Director, Kola Aina Steps Down
Ventures Platform Hub (VPHub) founder and Executive Director, Kola Aina has stepped down from the role and will move to the...
Seedstars Summit Africa to hold in Johannesburg in December
Seedstars will hold its 5th annual Seedstars Summit Africa in South Africa this December to foster change and sustainable innovation...
New fintech startup Sparkle wants to change the face of retail in Nigeria
Sparkle has not launched to the public yet. But we will give you a brief vision of the company, and...
Jumia partners Vivo Energy to Use Shell Petrol Stations as Pick up & Delivery Points in Africa
Public-listed African online retailer Jumia has partnered with Vivo Energy, which runs over 2100 Shell and Engen-branded fuel stations in...
BRCK partners SWVL to reach more users with its Moja Free WiFi
If you asked me is passengers on SWVL needed free Wi-Fi, my answer would be a big no because most...
Sortd, a subscription-based productivity suite for Gmail & GSuite raises funding from HAVAÍC
Sortd, a US-registered subscription-based productivity suite for users of Gmail and GSuite has raised funding from Cape Town-based VC,...
Pezesha, Innova among 3 fintech startups admitted to Kenya’s Regulatory Sandbox
Pezesha Africa, a micro-lending marketplace and Innova Limited, a cloud-based analytics platform for investors, have been admitted into the Capital...
Solarise Africa announces second closing of its Series A round of funding
Solarise Africa, a Nairobi-based pan-African clean energy firm has held the second closing of its Series A round of funding...
Farmcrowdy bundles its sister companies Farmgate Africa & Agricsquare in a consolidation move
Farmcrowdy, and its sister companies, Farmgate Africa & Agricsquare have been bundled into one company in a move that will...
Hong Kong’s Fosun Launches Fourth Edition of Its Global Acceleration Program “Protechting”
Fosun, Hong Kong's investment firm and its portfolio companies Fidelidade, Luz Saude and Hauck & Aufhauser have announced the fourth...
Techstars raises $42 Million to speed its global expansion
Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed has raised $42M investment led by SVB Financial Group with participation from existing...
Mentorships.ng launches to connect learners to skilled & experienced industry veterans
In Nigeria and Africa at large, there is a huge disconnect between learners' academic qualifications and the skills needed to...
Nairobi-based DPO Group acquires South Africa’s PayFast in stock & cash options
Nairobi and Ireland-based DPO Group has acquired South Africa's online payment processing firm PayFast in stock and cash options in...
Alipay partners Flutterwave to link its 1 billion users to merchants in Africa
Alipay, an Alibaba-owned mobile payments processor has partnered with Flutterwave, a pan-African payments firm located in SF and Lagos, Nigeria,...
Lori hires former EchoVC Partners & Quona Capital execs to drive pan-African expansion
Lori has hired Uche Ogboi as its Chief Operating Officer and Efayomi Carr as Head of Strategic Finance effective 29...